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Monday, December 21, 2015

This week saw Syfy use its three-night miniseries Childhood's End (0.43 -> 0.31 -> 0.33) as a lead-in for previews of its new drama series. On Monday and Tuesday, it was space opera The Expanse (0.33 -> 0.27), which will actually continue airing on Tuesdays through the holidays and into the winter. Wednesday brought The Magicians (0.26), which was more of a true "special preview" situation as it's not airing again until late January. At least so far, despite what seems like a bigger money investment, there's little indication that these will be the shows to get the channel out of its rut of 0.2-0.3 same-day ratings for dramas.

Nothing on the board cracked a 1.0 this week as Into the Badlands (0.96) and American Horror Story (0.94) each dipped below the mark. We'll soon see if Badlands can inch back into the ones with last night's finale, but barring something really drastic it's still looking very second season-worthy. As for Horror Story, it's continued to sputter since a very healthy start to the season. After going -4% and -5% year-to-year in the first two weeks, it's been worse than -20% every week since, and this 0.94 marked a season-worst -37%.

There were lots of finales this week as we say goodbye to the fall, and Fargo (0.49) may have been most encouraging as it packed on more than a tenth and hit a new season high and also just -20% year-to-year, its best trend of the season. Though the buzz is still strong with this show, the same-day ratings didn't really seem to follow suit this season, but maybe this offers some hope for a better hold next season. (Then again, it isn't coming back till 2017...)

FULL TABLE:

Show

Net

This Week

This Season

Ep#

A18-49

Last

Seas

Avg

y2y

Proj

Proj +

Skew

Into the Badlands

AMC

5

0.96

-9%

1

1.98

n/a

1.81

118

60%

American Horror Story

FX

10

0.94

-12%

5

1.59

-22%

1.49

97

66%

Being Mary Jane

BET

10

0.68

+42%

3

0.74

-16%

0.74

48

57%

The Expanse

Syfy

2

0.30

n/a

1

0.30

n/a

0.28

18

37%

The Magicians

Syfy

1

0.26

n/a

1

0.26

n/a

0.26

17

36%

Girl Meets World

DISN

25

n/a

n/a

2

0.54

-7%

0.54

32

29%

The Librarians

TNT

8

0.60

+11%

2

0.53

-45%

0.50

33

32%

Homeland

SHO

11

0.59

-6%

5

0.48

-11%

0.48

32

42%

Major Crimes

TNT

17

0.44

+5%

4

0.41

-32%

0.40

26

18%

Fargo

FX

10

0.49

+32%

2

0.37

-39%

0.37

24

36%

The Royals

E

5

0.28

-10%

2

0.33

-32%

0.34

22

62%

Z Nation

Syfy

14

0.28

-10%

2

0.32

-33%

0.32

21

48%

Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce

BRAV

3

0.25

+0%

2

0.27

-29%

0.25

16

53%

The Affair

SHO

11

0.24

-4%

2

0.23

+19%

0.23

15

35%

Finding Carter

MTV

24

0.18

+0%

2

0.22

-41%

0.22

14

66%

Agent X

TNT

7

0.28

+40%

1

0.23

n/a

0.24

16

27%

Donny!

USA

6

0.10

-52%

1

0.20

n/a

0.20

13

48%

Satisfaction

USA

9

0.17

-23%

2

0.20

-50%

0.20

13

40%

Haven

Syfy

10

0.21

+40%

6

0.19

-12%

0.19

12

35%

Legends

TNT

5

n/a

n/a

2

0.13

-67%

0.11

7

26%

Unforgettable

A&E

4

0.15

+15%

4

0.12

-86%

0.13

8

18%

The Walking Dead

AMC

6

6.72

-10%

6.72

438

65%

Fear the Walking Dead

AMC

1

3.88

n/a

3.88

231

65%

True Detective

HBO

2

1.15

+17%

1.15

68

56%

Rick and Morty

ADSM

2

1.00

+57%

1.00

60

64%

The Haves and the Have Nots Summer

OWN

2

0.93

+0%

0.93

55

37%

Pretty Little Liars Summer

ABCF

6

0.89

-7%

0.89

53

56%

South Park

Com

19

0.89

-18%

0.89

58

77%

Ballers

HBO

1

0.84

n/a

0.84

50

63%

The Last Ship

TNT

2

0.72

-32%

0.72

43

31%

Rizzoli and Isles Summer

TNT

6

0.70

-27%

0.70

42

21%

The Game

BET

9

0.63

-24%

0.63

41

56%

Suits Summer

USA

5

0.61

-21%

0.61

36

35%

Major Crimes Summer

TNT

4

0.60

-29%

0.60

36

18%

The Strain

FX

2

0.60

-41%

0.60

36

57%

Power

STRZ

2

0.57

+78%

0.57

34

57%

Teen Wolf Summer

MTV

5

0.50

-30%

0.50

30

54%

Falling Skies

TNT

5

0.49

-35%

0.49

29

31%

The Fosters Summer

ABCF

3

0.48

-18%

0.48

29

51%

Mr. Robot

USA

1

0.48

n/a

0.48

28

44%

Devious Maids

Life

3

0.46

-24%

0.46

28

44%

The Brink

HBO

1

0.46

n/a

0.46

27

54%

Clipped

TBS

1

0.45

n/a

0.45

26

46%

Ray Donovan

SHO

3

0.44

-15%

0.44

29

41%

The Bastard Executioner

FX

1

0.44

n/a

0.44

29

46%

Humans

AMC

1

0.39

n/a

0.39

23

42%

Awkward

MTV

5

0.38

-26%

0.38

25

66%

Tyrant

FX

2

0.37

-31%

0.37

22

40%

Switched at Birth Summer

ABCF

4

0.37

-33%

0.37

22

55%

Baby Daddy

ABCF

4

0.37

-14%

0.37

22

61%

Melissa and Joey

ABCF

4

0.36

-21%

0.36

22

62%

Doctor Who

BBCA

10

0.36

-14%

0.36

24

48%

Complications

USA

1

0.35

n/a

0.35

21

31%

Royal Pains Summer

USA

7

0.35

-35%

0.35

21

31%

Young and Hungry

ABCF

2

0.35

-15%

0.35

21

62%

Scream

MTV

1

0.34

n/a

0.34

20

57%

The Leftovers

HBO

2

0.33

-57%

0.33

22

60%

Stitchers

ABCF

1

0.33

n/a

0.33

20

51%

Murder in the First

TNT

2

0.31

-30%

0.31

19

19%

Proof

TNT

1

0.31

n/a

0.31

19

19%

Hell on Wheels

AMC

5

0.30

-22%

0.30

18

21%

The League

FXX

7

0.29

-2%

0.29

19

82%

Graceland

USA

3

0.29

-39%

0.29

17

43%

UnREAL

Life

1

0.27

n/a

0.27

16

49%

SexDrugsRockRoll

FX

1

0.26

n/a

0.26

16

54%

Dominion

Syfy

2

0.25

-47%

0.25

15

36%

Chasing Life Summer

ABCF

2

0.25

-49%

0.25

15

48%

Defiance

Syfy

3

0.25

-46%

0.25

15

28%

Dark Matter

Syfy

1

0.24

n/a

0.24

14

30%

Faking It

MTV

2

0.24

-36%

0.24

16

59%

Killjoys

Syfy

1

0.23

n/a

0.23

14

31%

Married

FX

2

0.19

-46%

0.19

11

60%

Playing House

USA

2

0.18

-56%

0.18

11

54%

Halt and Catch Fire

AMC

2

0.16

-35%

0.16

10

39%

Public Morals

TNT

1

0.15

n/a

0.15

9

22%

Masters of Sex

SHO

3

0.13

-48%

0.13

9

29%

Kevin from Work

ABCF

1

0.13

n/a

0.13

8

53%

You're the Worst

FXX

2

0.13

-56%

0.13

8

74%

Becoming Us

ABCF

1

0.11

n/a

0.11

6

46%

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